How many squares are on a chessboard?
Answer64
A chessboard has 8 rows of 8 squares, making 64.
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The basics
In a crossword, clues are grouped as Across and what?
AnswerDown
Crossword answers run either across (left to right) or down (top to bottom).
Going deeper
On a standard six-sided die, opposite faces always add up to what?
Answer7
Standard dice pair 1 with 6, 2 with 5 and 3 with 4, so opposite faces sum to 7.
What is a palindrome?
AnswerA word or phrase that reads the same backward and forward
Words like level and racecar are palindromes because they read the same in both directions.
In sudoku, each row, column and 3 x 3 box must contain what?
AnswerThe digits 1 to 9, each exactly once
Each row, column and box holds 1 through 9 with no repeats, so every unit sums to 45.
Expert level
In the board game Go, which color stones does the first player traditionally use?
AnswerBlack
In Go, Black plays first, and White often receives compensation points called komi.
How many tiles are in a standard double-six set of dominoes?
Answer28
A double-six set has every pairing of 0 to 6 exactly once, which makes 28 tiles.
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